Gospel of Thomas · 86 of 114 · tr. Thomas O. Lambdin
Logion 86
Jesus said, "The foxes have their holes and the birds have their nests, but the son of man has no place to lay his head and rest."
Themes
◆Renunciation Of Wealthethics
The spiritual danger of attachment to material possessions; wealth as a spiritual obstacle.
The passage explicitly contrasts the material security of animals with the homelessness of the Son of Man, highlighting detachment from worldly possessions as a spiritual state.
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